CVE-2017-18009 Out-of-bounds Read in OpenCV

What is CVE-2017-18009?

CVE-2017-18009 is a high-severity memory corruption vulnerability in n/a, published on 1 Jan 2018. An attacker can exploit it over the internet without logging in, with no action from the victim.

Official description

In OpenCV 3.3.1, a heap-based buffer over-read exists in the function cv::HdrDecoder::checkSignature in modules/imgcodecs/src/grfmt_hdr.cpp.

Weakness: CWE-125

Which versions are affected by CVE-2017-18009?

6 open source packages ship an affected version, including opencv-contrib-python and opencv-python. It affects 1 product.

Products include Opencv Opencv.

How do I fix CVE-2017-18009?

Upgrade opencv-contrib-python to 3.4.1.15 or later.

Upgrade to the fixed version. Memory-safe languages, compiler hardening and fuzzing prevent most new cases. More about Memory corruption.

Is CVE-2017-18009 being exploited?

There is no known exploitation of CVE-2017-18009 in the wild and no public exploit code.

Other vulnerabilities in n/a

• CVE-2019-5063 Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV High 8.8
• CVE-2019-5064 Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV High 8.8
• CVE-2019-14491 Out-of-bounds Read in OpenCV High 8.2
• CVE-2019-14492 Out-of-bounds Read and Out-of-bounds Write in OpenCV High 7.5
• CVE-2018-7712 Denial of service in n/a High 7.5

Sources

• CVE record
• NVD
• OSV
• GitHub advisory
• How this page is made

Also known as DEBIAN-CVE-2017-18009, GHSA-83rh-hx5x-q9p5, PYSEC-2026-2810, PYSEC-2026-702.